Table 3 Comparison of chlorpyrifos biodegradation efficiencies.
Study | Isolate used | Degradation (%) | Initial concentration (mg L−1) | Time to degrade (days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Present study | Bacillus cereus Ct3 | 87 | 125 | 8 |
Chishti et al.47 | Enterobacter sp. SWLC2 | 87 | 100 | 18 |
Soares et al.48 | Aspergillus sydowii CBMAI 935 | 32 | 192 | 10 |
Jin et al.49 | Trametes versicolor | 90 | 150 | 8 |
Gangola et al.50 | Bacillus subtilis | 95 | 200 | 15 |
Gao et al.51 | Cladosporium cladosporioides Hu-01 | >90 | 50 | 5 |
Kulshrestha and Kumari52 | Acremonium sp. (GFRC-1) | 84 | 300 | 20 |
Zhu et al.53 | Bacillus licheniformis ZHU-1 | 100 | 100 | 14 |
Anwar et al.54 | Bacillus pumilus C2A1 | 89 | 1000 | 15 |
Korade and Fulekar55 | Pseudomonas nitroreducens PS-2 | 100 | 100 | 28 |
Fang et al.56 | Verticillium sp. DSP | 100 | 100 | 7 |
Li et al.57 | Sphingomonas sp. | 98 | 30 | 10 |